Premiere Pro to .vob DVD files ?

[Angelo Lorenzo]

These exported files need to be used in conjunction with a proper DVD authoring program like Adobe Encore. Placing these files on the disc as a data disc will not work as you’ve experienced first hand.

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[Soumendra Jena]

Ok so export in a h264 should be okay or MPEG DVD and then take it ro Adobe Encore and author it and export ?

[Satyen Guru]

If you are using CS4 or higher, you can use dynamic link.
Check out Using Dynamic Link with Encore.

[Gabriel Sanchez]

Send your PPro sequence to Encore DVD through Dynamic Link and it´ll make the dvd structure, burning the video in a Video_TS and Audio_TS folders.
Other way is exporting the sequence with Adobe Media Encoder with the Mpeg2 DVD preset, set the quality to max. and bitrate to 7 mbps max.
If you choose DVD multiplex it will generate an .mpg file with audio and video included in one file, if you don´t choose DVD multiplex then you´ll have an audio file (mpg or PCM depending on the audio settings) and a video file (m2v) separated, which you´ll need to join in Encore or any other authoring program. Both ways will work fine, but in both of them you´ll always need to load the files in a DVD authoring program in order to burn a DVD with the standard Video_TS and Audio_TS folders.
Regards

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Soumendra,

I’m not a fan of Dynamic Link, so your first try was correct in exporting the “MPEG-2 DVD” files. As mentioned though, you must bring the exported video and audio file into Encore using “Import as Timeline”, and then burn to DVD from there, so that the correct file structure and format is created for DVD playback.

I would like to add that exporting a single .mpg file (multiplexed audio) from Media Encoder is NOT a correct workflow for Encore. By default, the “MPEG-2 DVD” preset in AME will create .m2v and .wav files. This is what you want. Encore will convert the uncompressed .wav audio directly into high-quality Dolby AC-3 audio for you automatically.

If you set “Multiplexing” in AME to “DVD”, it will combine the audio and video into a single file. The problem is that the audio is compressed as MPEG audio, which is a lower quality than Dolby. Then, Encore must de-mux (separate) the audio and video, and then re-encode the already compressed audio into Dolby. This means extra encoding time and definite quality loss. Stick with the .wav audio, or if you have CS6, you can export direct to Dolby AC-3.

So, in Export settings for MPEG-2 DVD, set “Multiplexing” to NONE. Under AUDIO tab, select PCM to create the .wav file, or with CS6, you can choose “Dolby”. Use the default “Dolby Digital” and NOT the “SurCode” option, which is a surround encoder that you must purchase. Older versions of Encore all have the SurCode trial, but NOT the stereo Dolby encoder, so just use PCM in that case.

Thank you

Jeff Pulera
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